For Watercare’s $1.2 billion dollar Central Interceptor project, the longest underground wastewater tunnel in Auckland, the giant tunnel boring machine Hiwa-i-te-Rangi was lowered 40 metres down a shaft by crane, below sea level at the MÄngere pump station on Tuesday afternoon.
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Giant boring machine lowered to dig the longest underground wastewater tunnel in NZ
www.stuff.co.nzWatercare named the giant boring machine after the Matariki star, Hiwa-i-te-Rangi and will be the country's longest underground wastewater tunnel.